#429E9E#429E9E

#429E9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.086 H 195.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#429E9E
RGB	rgb(66, 158, 158)
HSL	hsl(180, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(180, 58%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 0%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.96, -26.87, -8.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.96, 28.09, 196.95°)
OKLab	oklab(64.47% -0.0834 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(64.47% 0.086 195.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.6425, 28.0785, 36.6729)
Luminance	0.2808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#429E9E #9E4242

analogous

#429E70 #429E9E #42709E

triadic

#429E9E #9E429E #9E9E42

tetradic

#429E9E #70429E #9E4242 #709E42

square

#429E9E #70429E #9E4242 #709E42

split-complementary

#429E9E #9E4270 #9E7042

monochromatic

#1E4848 #307373 #429E9E #60BDBD #8CCFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#429E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#429E9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #429E9E

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##429E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##429E9E	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94979E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #429e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 158, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.086 195.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bbba',
    500: '#429e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #429e9e;
$custom-light: #81bbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#429e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64474,
    "c": 0.08641,
    "h": 195.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#429E9E

secondary

#BA8282

accent

#5757D1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #429E9E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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